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With Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac, you can seamlessly run both Windows and Mac applications without rebooting. Innovative and indispensable new features include cloud storage optimizations for iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, and SkyDrive. The Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac also supports OS X Launchpad in Windows applications, and provides Windows 8 users with a Start menu and Windows Start button. Parallels Desktop 9 delivers much improved performance for some of the most common scenarios and operations, such as 40 percent improvement in disk performance, virtual machine startup and shutdown are now up to 25 percent faster, and customers can suspend their virtual machines in up to 20 percent less time than before. 3D graphics and web-browsing are also made noticeably speedier, with up to 15 percent improvements for both.

Enhanced Windows 8 and 8.1 Support Parallels Desktop brings back the real Start menu, and lets customers use Metro apps in a window instead of full screen.

Security Center Easily access and install complimentary security software subscriptions to keep the Mac and Windows virtual machines safe from viruses and malware, all from one location.

Enhanced New Virtual Machine Wizard The New Virtual Machine Wizard makes it even easier to create new virtual machines, automatically locating operating systems on your machine or letting you manually select a range of media types to install.

Power Nap Support On a Retina MacBook Pro or a MacBook Air, the Power Nap feature now extends to Windows and Windows apps, so virtual machines and all Windows applications are always up-to-date.

Thunderbolt and Firewire Storage Device Support For convenience of everyday use, customers can connect Thunderbolt and Firewire devices to either your Mac or your virtual machine – just like you do with USB devices.

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Parallels

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PDFM9L-BX1-NT-EN

Features

Windows 8 is easier to use with Parallels Desktop 9 for MacUnlike the "Start button" planned for Windows 8.1, we bring back a "real" Start button experience, giving you the Windows 7 Start menu experience.Run Modern (Metro) apps in a window instead of full screen - you can use them side-by-side.

Shared DropBox and Google Drive foldersWhen using Dropbox and Google Drive from both your Mac host and your Windows guest, your files get duplicated. This feature fixes that so you get optimal storage space.

Power Nap SupportWith Power Nap, your Retina Display Mac or MacBook Air sleeps but your Mac applications stay up-to-date, so you have the latest information when your Mac wakes up. This functionality is now brought to the Windows virtual machine, e.g., running Microsoft Outlook.

Rating: 5/5Great Product

This review is from: Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac

Pros: Perfect for those who love their Macs, but have to use Windows products (Internet Explorer) for certain classes and websites.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: I had heard about Parallels from a co-worker, and at first wasn't sure if I needed it. Then as I got into school work and noticed I needed to use IE for certain sites, I decided to try out the product. Parallels 8 was fantastic, but 9 is even better, runs faster, more options and doesn't seem to eat up as much memory as the older version. I love the fact of being able to run OS Mavericks and Windows 7 on the same machine at the same time.

Rating: 5/5Very Well Documented Software

This review is from: Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac

Pros: The software appears to be very stable. Whenever I have a question, I can Google it and find the answer either in online documentation or forums. I only needed to use their other support once and response was excellent.

Cons: Haven't found any

Other Thoughts: In these days of software with almost no documentation, Parallels desktop is a refreshing change. It is well that it is. I am a Mac newbie and wanted to still be able to run some Windows programs on my MacBook Pro, so I bought Parallels immediately after receiving my Mac. This is a situation where if something doesn't work in Windows, you're not sure who to contact, Apple, Microsoft or Parallels. I found that typing my question into Google would almost always yield an answer either from the Parallels documentation or its forum, so I have had to rely on direct support only once. My Windows in Mac clothing has been doing all I have expected of it.

Rating: 5/5Parallels 9

This review is from: Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac

Pros: Access to my work

My virtual machine runs as fast as a Windows laptop. With Parallels 9 I have all my OS X and Windows work with me all the time. All my windows programs work correctly, and moving files between OS X and Windows is seamless. Use this emulator for whatever you need to do and it should work.

Rating: 4/5Parallels - works for me

Pros: Believe the performance was much better that VM on an aging Macbook Pro running Mavericks OS X 10.9Cost less than upgrade needed for VM.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: So much better......

I had to make a choice because of the recent release of Apple's new OS - Mavericks. I had been a constant user of VMWare for years, but when I was forced to upgrade my virtual environment because the version of VM that I had would not work, I decided to do an evaluation. WOW!! Performance was much better and ease of use still there. Migration from my old VM to Parallels was a snap. Bottom line - glad I made the switch. Cost was lower as well!!

Rating: 5/5Outstanding Software!!

This review is from: Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac

Pros: I love Parallels, it lets me have access to my MAC and Windows OS without having to reboot. Due to work related issues I am unable to open some of the software we use in the MAC OS and with Parallels everything works great letting me run those programs in windows.

Rating: 5/5Does exactly what it's supposed to do.

This review is from: Parallels Desktop 9 for Mac

Pros: Just plain works, I've been fixing people's computers so I had to know how Windows 8 works... Windows is perfectly happy running on a virtual machine and doesn't seem to know the difference from a real machine.

Cons: None that I can think of.

Other Thoughts: I've used Parallels for various purposes for years, it always does the jog.

Rating: 5/5There's none better!

Pros: 1..The software walks you through the entire process--great for techheads AND novices alike.

2..It uses a reasonable amount of memory (even when you make it use less, it works great).

3. It runs Windows (gasp!) better than Windows has ever run on my PCs.

4. It allows you to run Windows-only software.

5. Dropbox and Google Drive Integration.

6. Drag/Drop or Copy/Paste from Mac to Windows--amazing!

Cons: 1. It's slow loading from Application launch to Windows log in. Perhaps that's a function of Windows, but you'll still click it and have time to get that cup of coffee.

2. Although the virtual machine is stable, Windows is still Windows and you'll not going to have any assistance from Parrallels when solving the Windows-esque issue of suddenly forgetting where the printer driver is.

Other Thoughts: Parallels is the standard by which all virtualization software should be measured. It walks you through everything from partitioning to installing Windows. And as it runs alongside your Mac environment, it doesn't hog an unacceptable amount of system resources.

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Want to run Windows programs on your MacBook?
Do it the right way – with the powerful Parallels Desktop 10 for Mac! This high performance software lets you seamlessly run both Windows and Mac OS X applications side by side ...